Definitions for wilmington
ˈwɪl mɪŋ tənwilm·ing·ton

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Wilmingtonnoun

   a town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River

2. Wilmingtonnoun

   the largest city in Delaware

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1. wilmington

   Wilmington is a city located in the state of Delaware in the United States. It is the largest city in Delaware and is located on the Christina and Delaware rivers. Developed as a major center for the chemical industry, it has a mixed economy with a range of retail, education, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors. Wilmington is also known for its cultural attractions, historic architecture, and strong arts scene.

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1. Wilmington

   Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 70,851, a decrease of 2.4% from 2000. The metropolitan area which includes the cities of Philadelphia, and Camden, New Jersey had a 2006 population of 5,826,742, and a combined statistical area of 6,398,896.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wilmington

   a large and handsome city and port in Delaware, 25 m. SW. of Philadelphia, with extensive manufactures; also the name of the largest city (20) in North Carolina, with considerable manufactures and trade; was a chief Confederate port during the Civil War.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wilmington

   A city and port of North Carolina, in New Hanover County, and situated on the Cape Fear River. It was captured by the Union forces in February, 1865, Fort Fisher, its principal defense, having been taken by storm on the 15th of the month preceding.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WILMINGTON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wilmington is ranked #58876 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wilmington surname appeared 344 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wilmington.
   
   48.2% or 166 total occurrences were White.
   44.7% or 154 total occurrences were Black.
   5.2% or 18 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Delaware
   • North Carolina
   • City
   • Town

How to pronounce wilmington?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wilmington in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wilmington in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of wilmington in a Sentence

1. Tom Carter:

   Whilst this damage may have been perpetrated for humour or some other reason, the actions that have been taken are unacceptable, the Long Man of Wilmington is protected by law as a Scheduled Ancient Monument for its historical significance.

2. Joe Biden:

   Somalis have made my city of Wilmington, Delaware, [ their home ] on a smaller scale. There is a large, very identifiable Somali community.

3. Richard Sauber:

   Because I have a security clearance, I went to Wilmington Thursday evening to facilitate providing the document the President’s personal counsel found on Wednesday to the Justice Department, while I was transferring it to the DOJ officials who accompanied me, five additional pages with classification markings were discovered among the material with it, for a total of six pages. The DOJ officials with me immediately took possession of them.

4. Bob Bauer:

   At the outset of this matter, the President directed his personal attorneys to fully cooperate with the Department of Justice, accordingly, having previously identified and reported to DOJ a small number of documents with classification markings at the President’s Wilmington home, and in the interest of moving the process forward as expeditiously as possible, we offered to provide prompt access to his home to allow DOJ to conduct a search of the entire premises for potential vice-presidential records and potential classified material.

5. Michael Bagdes-Canning:

   We went to Wilmington in June to send JPMorganChase a message - 15 of us elders were arrested in front of their credit card headquarters in rocking chairs. At that time we were demanding that Chase quit funding fossil projects. We at Occupy Biden had the same message - we called on President Biden to declare a climate emergency and to end all new fossil projects.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wilmington
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wilmington
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Wilmington
5. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html